Concept of a Residential Building

Gaieus · 23 Jan 2008, 12:55

Yeah, and he has his ears set up like your gardens to collect more noise!

not registered yet · 23 Jan 2008, 12:56

@gaieus said:

Yeah, and he has his ears set up like your gardens to collect more noise!

yeah indeed
ths bulding is gonna be the new home of the gremlins.
( they can't handle sunlight )

But atleast i have a name for the building now; The gremlin, or gizmo.

poster: gforce

dylan · 23 Jan 2008, 12:56

I like your idea and concept, although im not sure if you could get enough sunlight into those gardens.

At the moment im finding the building not that pleasing to look at, but I think a lot of that is to do with your colours/materials. Im not keen on all that red and also those cross members in black. Maybe play around with these materials and it will look better imo.

alpro · 23 Jan 2008, 12:57

I also love the concept and agree with Dylan that it's a little harsh on the eyes right now. I also think getting more sunlight to the gardens using mirrors could be problematic, it could be very distracting to near by buildings and traffic. There was a thread on the pro forums I believe, concerning sun glare reflecting off of a building and becoming a safety issue for motor traffic and pedestrians.

Mike

not registered yet · 23 Jan 2008, 12:58

@unknownuser said:

I like your idea and concept, although im not sure if you could get enough sunlight into those gardens.

At the moment im finding the building not that pleasing to look at, but I think a lot of that is to do with your colours/materials. Im not keen on all that red and also those cross members in black. Maybe play around with these materials and it will look better imo.

Yeah you are right about the materials, i have changed it a bit.
Do you think it is better now? ( see attachements )

poster: gforce

not registered yet · 23 Jan 2008, 12:59

The building is now almost finished.
It isn't very realistic anymore but it look's quite futuristic now.

poster: gforce

Gaieus · 23 Jan 2008, 13:00

Ready to take off you mean?

jenujacob · 23 Jan 2008, 13:00

now all it needs is a render!
nice work BTW! i like the last version with the "lookout" posts on the pillars!

Gaieus · 23 Jan 2008, 13:01

The bridge over the Danube in Bratislava has a lookout post like these

jenujacob · 23 Jan 2008, 13:02

the view would be sweeeeeet from up there... :thup: :thup:
how do u suppose they reach up there????? 8O

Gaieus · 23 Jan 2008, 13:02

There are some lifts/elevators in the pillars or what they are. I haven't been up there just under - when we were travelling over to Slovakia.

dylan · 23 Jan 2008, 13:03

It's grown
I like it Gforce, well done. Looks better without the red.
As Jenu just mentioned, it would look interesting with a render.

Paul Russam · 23 Jan 2008, 13:03

I remembered the name of the building in London, its called 'The ark' and its by Ralph Erskine, here's a link:
http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/ark/index.htm

not registered yet · 23 Jan 2008, 13:04

@jenujacob said:

now all it needs is a render!
nice work BTW! i like the last version with the "lookout" posts on the pillars!

Can somebody render it for me maybe?
I tried rendering it in Kerkeytea, but it didn't look very good, and if i see the proffesional renders on this forum it must be possible to get a better reslult.

poster: gforce

jenujacob · 23 Jan 2008, 13:04

oh dont give up! keep trying.... post the image u rendered! we are all here to help!

not registered yet · 23 Jan 2008, 13:05

@jenujacob said:

oh dont give up! keep trying.... post the image u rendered! we are all here to help!

This is a render i made with kerkeytea but it doesn;t look that interesting:

poster: gforce

jenujacob · 23 Jan 2008, 13:07

its really not that bad u know....
when rendering u must make sure that the faces are in the right direction.... to do that switch to monochromatic view and chk for the blue colour and simply reverse it! of cozin the new Su2Kt ver 3.0 this shouldn't be a problem....
another thing is the Glass.... make sure u model it with single faces and rename the material with TG_XXX... where xxx can be any name... this will automatically enable the Thin Glass shader on the glass material once imported into KT... there are a whole lots of other features within the Su2KT 3.0....
make sure u download the getting started tutorial from the KT repository.. its especially meant for the SU user...
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=startdown&id=35

another thing... in KT if ur rendering an outdoor exterior scene lit only by the sun u could use PPT (Progressive Path Tracing) for realistic results... it might look grainy at first but after a few passes it should clear up!

regarding the scene.. imagine rendering as takin a photo.. unless u have helicopter access or unless u get access to the terrace of a nearby high rise building i dont think u can take that shot in real life! so how bout lowering the cam to the human eye level??
also lose the 2d trees.. model some ground features, pavements, street lights, add some cars.. plaay with light and shadows...

join the forum at the KT website... much more seasoned users can help u!
have fun!

not registered yet · 23 Jan 2008, 13:09

@jenujacob said:

its really not that bad u know....
when rendering u must make sure that the faces are in the right direction.... to do that switch to monochromatic view and chk for the blue colour and simply reverse it! of cozin the new Su2Kt ver 3.0 this shouldn't be a problem....
another thing is the Glass.... make sure u model it with single faces and rename the material with TG_XXX... where xxx can be any name... this will automatically enable the Thin Glass shader on the glass material once imported into KT... there are a whole lots of other features within the Su2KT 3.0....
make sure u download the getting started tutorial from the KT repository.. its especially meant for the SU user...
http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=42&func=startdown&id=35

another thing... in KT if ur rendering an outdoor exterior scene lit only by the sun u could use PPT (Progressive Path Tracing) for realistic results... it might look grainy at first but after a few passes it should clear up!

regarding the scene.. imagine rendering as takin a photo.. unless u have helicopter access or unless u get access to the terrace of a nearby high rise building i dont think u can take that shot in real life! so how bout lowering the cam to the human eye level??
also lose the 2d trees.. model some ground features, pavements, street lights, add some cars.. plaay with light and shadows...

join the forum at the KT website... much more seasoned users can help u!
have fun!

Hey thanks a lot for the information. :thup: I have downloaded that getting started guide, and i'm going to mess around with kerkeytea now
If i have a good render then i will post it here.

poster: gforce

not registered yet · 23 Jan 2008, 13:10

I have a new render now, with the tip's from jenujacob, and it look's a lot better now.
But how do you get those really realistic renders?
Or do you need profesiional renderers like maxwell for that?

poster:gforce

jenujacob · 23 Jan 2008, 13:11

hi Gforce...
have u used a JPG or HDR for the background??? that could possibly be why its lookin blueish... i personally like the physical sky for the backdrop.. (like the one in ur previous try). or u could play with the globals that our dear Fletch kindly made for us.. (available in the download repository) it has a ground with a tree line and a nice sky!! U could also play with the SUn color to a nice light yellow tint...

to make it more realistic i would again suggest modelling the surroundings landscape,...
hope that helped!